Archives for July 2014

My first marathon, my first half marathon, college volleyball camp, the Paris Hard Rock Cafe, Hood to Coast and some of my high school practice jerseys… What do all these things have in common? They now all have a new life. They have been pulled out of drawers and storage containers and converted into something… [Read More]

Have you heard the studies that say Tuesday is the most depressing of the week? Yeah, I’ve heard that too but I’m determined to not let it get me down and you shouldn’t either so let’s play a game of… There is so much good in and around us that I thought it would be… [Read More]

Oh boy! I never actually thought I would be able to say this but… E’s Potty Trained!!! Finally, at 3 and a half, he’s wearing “big boy pants” and I’m back to only buying one size of diapers! This has been so frustrating because I really wanted him potty trained around 2 and half but… [Read More]

First off let me just say that when it comes to putting on an event like a running festival, the Rock ‘n’ Roll team knows how to do it! It’s not easy to orchestrate a race of any size but to do it for 17,000+ takes it to a whole other level. The event itself… [Read More]

I have been looking forward to this weekend for so long that I was afraid that I had hyped it up in my head too much and that it would be sort of a letdown but it did NOT disappoint. Hubby and I took E with us. We headed up Friday night so I could… [Read More]

Can you believe it’s July 17th already? July…this weekend is the Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Festival and I am so pumped to run and share Chicago with E for the first time. My relationship with Rock ‘n’ Roll doesn’t end after Chicago, I’ll also be running the St. Louis Half on Oct. 19th. I’m looking… [Read More]

I love Instagram and I know lots of us do. So I thought it would be fun to share our favorites and create the first ever: So here’s how it works! You share your favorite accounts, the form will be open for a week! Share, get the word out! The more people that fill out… [Read More]

I think I just need to get this off my chest. I hate the term “followers”. If you ask me to “follow” you, chances are I won’t. I don’t think of the people I’m connected to on social media as followers. I consider you friends, many I’ve never met in person but slowly we are… [Read More]

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